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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Best free BSD/Unix?....
Date: 19 May 94 16:24:05 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <9405181731.aa02668@paw.montana.com> ljs@paw.montana.com (Luke J. Schelvan) writes:
>I'm looking for a free/dirtcheap version of BSD (or something else besides
>Linux) to run a small multiuser chat/bulletin board system on a TCP/IP
>network. Thus, I need the following capabilities:
You can try NetBSD and/or FreeBSD (both free). You can obtain the BSD
FAQ (which covers NetBSD and FreeBSD) from ftp.iastate.edu in
/pub/netbsd/FAQ/.
>1) works with an IDE hard drive
No problem. SCSI is significantly more efficient, however (BusLogic
cards recommended).
>2) has the necessary TCP/IP stuff including telnet, ftp, etc.
This is just native to BSD. You don't get BSD without it. ;-)
>3) comes with a compiler, or a compiler is available. Preferrably gcc but
> any standard cc compiler would be fine. (I will need to use inet libraries
> so it will work on the tcp/ip network.)
The free BSD's both use gcc.
>4) will work with an ethernet card; I don't really care which.
Almost all standard ethernet cards are supported.
>5) should handle up to 3 or 4 "real" users and maybe 100 or so open
> sockets for the bulletin board system.
The system would hardly even notice such a "small" load.
I'll send you a more detailed description seperately.
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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